Sydney PARKINSON (draughtsman), Frederick Polydore NODDER (final draughtsman), Gerard SIBELIUS (engraver)
Eriostemon australasius
drawn 1770; painted 1779; printed 1980
plate 31 from Banks’ Florilegium, part II: Australia
Medium
colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) with hand-colouring
Measurements
31.3 × 16.4 cm irreg. (image) 45.9 × 29.7 cm (plate) 71.8 × 56.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Rio Tinto Limited through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2013
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
ed. 26/100
Printing/Publishing
printed by Felicity O'Sullivan and Edward Egerton-Williams, London; published by Alecto Historical Editions, London in association with The British Museum (Natural History)
Inscription
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.l.: BANKS’ FLORILEGIUM / PLATE No. 31 EDITION No. 26/100
embossed and inscribed in pencil l.r.: FO'S (in an oval) (dragon rampant) AHE (monogram) BM (banksia flower) (NH) ©1980
printed in ink (on mount) l.l.: S. Parkinson del.1770 / F. P. Nodder pinx.1779
printed in ink (on mount) l.c.: PLATE 31 / ERIOSTEMON AUSTRALASIUS Persoon subsp. BANKSII (A. Cunningham ex Endlicher) P.G. Wilson / Rutoides citrina / Endeavour River, Australia / 17 June–4 August 1770
printed in ink (on mount) l.r.: G. Sibelius sculps.
Accession Number
2013.416.31
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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